{"id":33164,"date":"2016-11-11T04:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T09:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=33164"},"modified":"2019-10-29T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:06:05","slug":"brigantine-voters-give-power-mayor-guenther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/brigantine-voters-give-power-mayor-guenther\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigantine Voters Give More Power to Mayor Guenther"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33171\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33171 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Brig-real-estate-guenther-slider-grey.jpg\" alt=\"Brigantine Real Estate Mayor Guenther Simpson\" width=\"730\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Brig-real-estate-guenther-slider-grey.jpg 730w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Brig-real-estate-guenther-slider-grey-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Brig-real-estate-guenther-slider-grey-700x336.jpg 700w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Brig-real-estate-guenther-slider-grey-20x10.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Expansion of Corruption?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/will-mayor-guenther-step-down-over-brigantine-financial-fiasco-will-nj-state-step-in-to-audit-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brigantine&#8217;s Mayor Guenther<\/a> achieved even greater powers this week&#8217;s Nov. 8 election, as voters gave Brigantine&#8217;s elite a 6 to 1 council seat ratio.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Ward (R) Karen Bew beat (D) Jack Heil and retained her 1st Ward seat.<\/li>\n<li>2nd Ward, Republican challenger Michael Riordan unseated incumbent (D) Lisa McClay.<\/li>\n<li>3rd Ward (R) Dennis Haney unseated incumbent (D) John Withers.\u00a0Haney overcame credible allegations of impropriety regarding his Real Estate taxes.<\/li>\n<li>4th Ward Rick DeLucry beat (R) Angelo Sciarra and was lone Democrat to retain a council seat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lisa McClay & John Withers lost their Brigantine council seats to Guenther cronies with zero experience.<\/h2>\n<p>With this Brigantine election outcome, the 26+ year Mayor&#8230;..<a href=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/22-years-of-uninterrupted-power-mayor-guenthers-brigantine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Guenther<\/a> will no longer have to deal with those pesky opposition motions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Brigantine is one of few remaining municipalities using 7 council members, running under Republican or Democrat partisanship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Councilman Rick Delucry (D) is now the lone opposition to the Guenther & Simpson crew. For years, Delucry has been the only councilman to consistently question fiscally irresponsible activity overseen by Guenther&#8217;s City Hall. With the recent election losses of 2 opposition seats, it gets even tougher for Delucry. He&#8217;ll no longer have a opposition colleague to &#8216;second&#8217; any motion he&#8217;d like to offer. In effect, the council majority no longer needs to deal with opposition ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Brigantine Real Estate & Economic Indicators Lag:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brigantine Mayor Guenther & Councilman Simpson appoint, influence and\/or essentially control:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>City Council<\/li>\n<li>School Board<\/li>\n<li>Two schools with duplicate staffing<\/li>\n<li>Planning Board<\/li>\n<li>City Manager Stinson<\/li>\n<li>Auditors<\/li>\n<li>Tax Assessor<\/li>\n<li>Economic Committee<\/li>\n<li>Chamber of Commerce<\/li>\n<li>Permitting & Inspections<\/li>\n<li>Mercantile & Retail<\/li>\n<li>Real Estate Development<\/li>\n<li>Jobs & enrollment at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acitech.org\/cms\/contact-us\/staff-directory\/administrativestaff\/3-philip-guenther\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACIT, Atlantic County Vocational School District<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33162\" src=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SWEET-700x395.jpg\" alt=\"sweet\" width=\"700\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SWEET-700x395.jpg 700w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SWEET-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SWEET-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SWEET-20x11.jpg 20w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SWEET.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brigantine&#8217;s Mayor Guenther achieved even greater powers this week&#8217;s Nov. 8 election, as voters gave Brigantine&#8217;s elite a 6 to 1 council seat ratio. 1st Ward (R) Karen Bew beat (D) Jack Heil and retained her 1st Ward seat. 2nd Ward, Republican challenger Michael Riordan unseated incumbent (D) Lisa McClay. 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